Table 4.
Description of the treatments delivered by the apps in studies on self-monitoring and automatically generated data collected via smartphones in children, adolescents, and young adults with psychiatric disorders (n=9).
| Author, year of publication | Intervention |
| Bucci et al, 2018 [13] | Actissist: Messages and cognitive or behavioral strategies aimed at ways of coping with distress; use of video, fact sheets, and external links. ClinTouch: only symptom monitoring. |
| Dennis et al, 2015 [24] | Participants had access to ecological momentary intervention content. |
| Kennard et al, 2018 [25] | Psychoeducation, behavioral activation and pleasant event scheduling, affect regulation strategies: savoring, switching, and distress tolerance, consolidation and review, distress tolerance strategies, emotion regulation skills, and safety plan. |
| Lim et al, 2020 [16] and Lim et al, 2019 [27]a | The app delivers positive psychology content daily. |
| Neumayr et al, 2019 [19] | Positive reinforcement, coping skills suggestions, motivational slogans, positive affirmations, guided meditations, and therapist feedback. |
| Shrier and Spalding, 2017 [20] | Messages of general support and messages to avoid sexual risk. |
| Stallard et al, 2018 [26] | Personalized mood-lifting activities and safety check to prevent self-harm. |
| Sweidan et al, 2019 [23] | The app delivers educational content in the following categories: numbers, vocabularies, letters, social skills, relaxation, and anger management |
aThis app was used in 2 different studies.